Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics of Plant Adaptation

Old Townhouse, Aberdeen, UK
28–29 June, 2012

Aim

To share information and develop new approaches that will allow the community to leverage the rapidly growing genomic and genetic resources for the study of ecological and evolutionary processes at the whole organism and molecular mechanistic levels. A further goal would be to help integrate the use of population genomics and the identification of signals of selection in the genome with functional genomics for the identification of genes underlying specific traits involved in adaptive evolution.

Workshop format

The workshop will take place over two-days and will be held in the Old Townhouse in Aberdeen. As detailed above the aim is to bring together a small group to explore the rapid development of new genomic technologies in order to both maximize the efficacy with which the community utilizes these technological breakthroughs, and also optimize the development of new rate limiting resources.

Contact

For more information about this workshop please contact the main organiser David Salt (david.salt ‘at’ abdn.ac.uk) or Helen Pinfield-Wells (h.pinfield-wells ‘at’ lancaster.ac.uk) in the New Phytologist Central Office. The wiki at http://new-phytologist-workshop.wikispaces.com/ also provides more information.